Perhaps more than any other the food industry is very sensitive to consumer demand.

Compassion is a call a demand of nature to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.

Basically there are two things we know: Everybody has less time and the general public is demanding better food - better in terms of quality and better in terms of flavor.

I have always maintained a high level of fitness and that is why I am still able to handle the demands of playing in the Premiership. People have always commented on my fitness and it's something I pride myself on.

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.

I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.

In opera as with any performing art to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and wants to see a movie with their family. The demand is there. The supply is not.

Women are in my view natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.

We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story.